4. Sports scientist Dan Plews PhD talks to Hyrox world champion Hunter McIntyre on the Pillar Performance podcast. Insightful conversation that includes a description of one of Hunter's training weeks. Hunter is incredibly knowledge about training for Hybrid strength & endurance.

Predicting daily recovery during long‐term endurance training using machine learning analysis - a study from my PhD that looked to predict daily recovery using training metrics, diet, sleep, HRV, and subjective well-being. 1/5 Dan Plews PhD European Journal of Applied Physiology link.springer.com/article/10.100…

One of the problems of such high rates of CHO ingestion during exercise is that ~50% of the ingested CHO remains unoxidized at the end of the exercise bout in all these trials. I'll present this evidence in due course. @LoreofRunning. Dan Plews PhD How does the body process that

NEW BLOG: Durability is gaining a lot of interest as a metric of performance, and our lab has done a good body of work in the area. Here is a summary of the work to date, and well as others endureiq.com/blog/durabilit… Ed Maunder

Debunking Misinformation About Low-Carb Diets 🧵 The debate around low-carb diets has sparked plenty of myths, especially concerning their efficacy and safety. Let’s set the record straight with some evidence-based facts.

The October edition of the Endure IQ TSS is out! Ed Maunder and I look at: •Backyard Ultras •Smiling and running economy •Brain training and physical performance •Body mass and carbohydrate metabolism during exercise, and more. Check it out! endureiq.com/tss

Taking inspiration from Prof. Markus J. Buehler 🙏 we had a blast building a #knowledgegraph from an #HRV research paper, followed by a RAG system that can answer questions about it! Paul Laursen ᴍᴀʀᴛɪɴ ʙᴜᴄʜʜᴇɪᴛ Dan Plews PhD Athletica martin-buchheit.net/wp-content/upl…

We are thrilled to see this one published just in time for Christmas! Carbohydrate ingestion during prolonged exercise blunts the reduction in power output at the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition Congrats @Harrison7738800 Caryn Zinn PhD Dan Plews PhD pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39709586/

Joe Matthews @LoreofRunning You will be convinced when the top 0.00000025% of the population does it? Where genetics and training are the primary drivers of success? What about crossover controlled RCTs which shows it repeatedly in high level athletes? What about the other 99.999999%

🧵Very-low carb (ketogenic; LCHF) vs high-carb diet (HCLF): -Ironman triathletes (n=10)🚴‍♂️ -"Hitting the Wall"🥵 -Homeostasis monitoring ("Keto-Adaptation")📈 Our hypothesis was wrong...again 🔍CRITICAL QUESTIONS: 1) Does adopting an LCHF diet impair strenuous time-to-exhaustion

The End of Carbs: Dr. Koutnik Reveals BRAND NEW Study that Ends 57-Year Debate on Performance youtube.com/watch?v=FSI3Oo…

Is it obligatory to ingest >90g carbohydrate/hr if one wants to run a sub-2hr marathon? This theory is based on 2 key presumptions. First that the oxidation of fat provides essentially no energy for elite athletes running at 21.2km/hr. Second that the rate of exogenous

🏋️‍♂️ STRENGTH ⚡ ENDURANCE 🏃‍♂️—FINDING THE BALANCE! Training for HYROX and hybrid sports? Dr Dan Plews Dan Plews PhD wants you to understand that you CAN become TOO STRONG or TOO ENDURANCE-FOCUSED. The key? OPTIMIZING your training mix 🔥!

“I’m not saying things like triathlon are bad for you, but you can’t hold that much muscle mass… with Hyrox that isn’t something we need to be as concerned about” Dr. Dan Plews explains why he's taken up the sport of Hyrox. Dan Plews PhD